§ 25. Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the percentage of registered disabled people who are unemployed; how this compares with the national average; and what steps he is taking to increase the numbers of registered disabled people in employment.
§ Mr. Harold WalkerThe latest information is 13.6 per cent. for registered disabled people: 5.4 per cent. for all workers. The employment prospects of disabled people depend primarily on the general employment situation. Measures already announced by the Government to deal with unemployment help disabled484W as well as able bodied people. Plans and programmes for developing the wide range of specialist services for the resettlement of disabled people have already been published by the Manpower Services Commission and its agencies, which are seeking continuously to improve their services; and a announced further steps in my statement on 10th December last. —[Vol. 902, c. 459 –61.]
§ 31. Mr. Gouldasked the Secretary of State for Employment what proposals he has to compel firms to publish figures showing the percentage of their employees who are registered as disabled.
§ Mr. Harold WalkerIt is too early to say. Any proposals will have to be fitted into the Government's legislative programme; and in the meantime there are a number of bodies which need to be consulted.